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The Indus Valley Civilization
In this episode of Greybeard’s Jewels: A Step Into the Unknown, we examine the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Although this enormous population flourished at the same time as Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, its existence wasn’t discovered until much more recently. The Indus Valley Civilization boasted large cities full of advanced technology. Egypt may have had the pyramids, but Indus had flush toilets. The Indus also gave us what may be the earliest example of written language. There’s just one problem: no one has been able to decipher it. Join us as we explore this mysterious, forgotten civilization that may hold the key to our early humanity.
Show notes:
In this episode of Greybeard’s Jewels: A Step Into the Unknown, we explored the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Highlights include:
-The discovery of the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
-The mysterious, indecipherable writing of the Indus
-Advanced systems and inventions present in IVC’s larger cities
-Theories on why the Indus Valley Civilization ended
-How the DNA of IVC peoples still affects the world’s population today
Here's a link showing them trying to decipher The Indus language
A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script - Rajesh Rao - YouTube
References:
Allchin, Frank Raymond. “Indus Civilization.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indus-civilization.
“Charles Masson.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Masson.
Handwerk, Brian. “Rare Ancient DNA Provides Window into a 5,000-Year-Old South Asian Civilization.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 5 Sept. 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-ancient-dna-south-asia-reveals-complexities-little-known-civilization-180973053/.
Mark, Joshua J. “Indus Valley Civilization.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 2 Nov. 2021, https://www.worldhistory.org/Indus_Valley_Civilization/.
Menon, Arathi. “An Indus Seal.” Smarthistory, 22 Apr. 2020, https://smarthistory.org/indus-seal/.
“Mesopotamia.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 30 Nov. 2017, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/mesopotamia.
Pugach, Irena, and Sandra Jacob. “Gene Flow from India to Australia about 4,000 Years Ago.” Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14 Jan. 2013, https://www.mpg.de/6818105/Holocene-gene-flow_India-Australia.
V., Stephanie. “Ancient Indus Passports?” Harappa, 15 Mar. 2016, https://www.harappa.com/blog/ancient-indus-passports.
“What Happened to the Indus Civilisation?” BBC Bitesize, BBC, 29 Oct. 2021, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxn3r82/articles/z8b987h.
This Podcast made possible with the help from Katie from the Reference Desk, You can reach Katie from The Reference Desk here or by email at [email protected]
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By GreybeardIn this episode of Greybeard’s Jewels: A Step Into the Unknown, we examine the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Although this enormous population flourished at the same time as Mesopotamia and Ancient Egypt, its existence wasn’t discovered until much more recently. The Indus Valley Civilization boasted large cities full of advanced technology. Egypt may have had the pyramids, but Indus had flush toilets. The Indus also gave us what may be the earliest example of written language. There’s just one problem: no one has been able to decipher it. Join us as we explore this mysterious, forgotten civilization that may hold the key to our early humanity.
Show notes:
In this episode of Greybeard’s Jewels: A Step Into the Unknown, we explored the ancient Indus Valley Civilization. Highlights include:
-The discovery of the ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro
-The mysterious, indecipherable writing of the Indus
-Advanced systems and inventions present in IVC’s larger cities
-Theories on why the Indus Valley Civilization ended
-How the DNA of IVC peoples still affects the world’s population today
Here's a link showing them trying to decipher The Indus language
A Rosetta Stone for the Indus script - Rajesh Rao - YouTube
References:
Allchin, Frank Raymond. “Indus Civilization.” Encyclopædia Britannica, Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., https://www.britannica.com/topic/Indus-civilization.
“Charles Masson.” Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 4 Oct. 2021, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Masson.
Handwerk, Brian. “Rare Ancient DNA Provides Window into a 5,000-Year-Old South Asian Civilization.” Smithsonian.com, Smithsonian Institution, 5 Sept. 2019, https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-ancient-dna-south-asia-reveals-complexities-little-known-civilization-180973053/.
Mark, Joshua J. “Indus Valley Civilization.” World History Encyclopedia, World History Encyclopedia, 2 Nov. 2021, https://www.worldhistory.org/Indus_Valley_Civilization/.
Menon, Arathi. “An Indus Seal.” Smarthistory, 22 Apr. 2020, https://smarthistory.org/indus-seal/.
“Mesopotamia.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 30 Nov. 2017, https://www.history.com/topics/ancient-middle-east/mesopotamia.
Pugach, Irena, and Sandra Jacob. “Gene Flow from India to Australia about 4,000 Years Ago.” Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, 14 Jan. 2013, https://www.mpg.de/6818105/Holocene-gene-flow_India-Australia.
V., Stephanie. “Ancient Indus Passports?” Harappa, 15 Mar. 2016, https://www.harappa.com/blog/ancient-indus-passports.
“What Happened to the Indus Civilisation?” BBC Bitesize, BBC, 29 Oct. 2021, https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zxn3r82/articles/z8b987h.
This Podcast made possible with the help from Katie from the Reference Desk, You can reach Katie from The Reference Desk here or by email at [email protected]